Lake Vrutak

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Lake Vrutak
Jezero Vrutak 01.jpg
Upper compensation basin for Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant "Čapljina"
Lake Vrutak is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lake Vrutak
Lake Vrutak
Location in Southern Bosnia and Herzegovina
LocationHutovo village in Popovo Polje
Coordinates42°56′05″N 17°49′52″E / 42.934681°N 17.831044°E / 42.934681; 17.831044Coordinates: 42°56′05″N 17°49′52″E / 42.934681°N 17.831044°E / 42.934681; 17.831044
TypeCompensation basin for Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant "Čapljina" (part of Hydroelectric Power System "Donji Horizonti" (English: "Lower Horizons") on Trebišnjica river)
Catchment areaTrebišnjica/Neretva
Basin countriesBosnia and Herzegovina
Surface area1 km2 (0.39 sq mi)
Water volume1 million cubic metres (810 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation270 m (890 ft)
SettlementsHutovo village, Čapljina

Lake Vrutak is artificial reservoir on the Trebišnjica river in Popovo Polje, near Hutovo village, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The lake serves as compensation and storage basin for Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant "Čapljina".

Hydropower and irrigation system[]

Lake Vrutak is the last and smallest of three artificial reservoirs in hydroelectric power plant system Trebišnjica - HES "Donji Horizonti", and serves as compensation basin for Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant "Čapljina". Other two being Bilećko Lake, the first and largest, and flow-regulation (compensation) basin Trebinjsko Lake just upstream of Trebinje.[1][2]

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References[]

  1. ^ "HE BIH". www.elektroenergetika.info (in Bosnian). Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. ^ CHE "Čapljina" - brošura (2014) (pdf); Hidroenergetski sistem sliva Neretva-Trebišnjics: CHE "Čapljina" - JP "EP HZHB" (Bosanski/Hrvatski/Srpski)
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